IIe, IIgs, Mac LC-II hardware compatibility questions.

[Dennis Jenkins <dennis@usb.com>]

Hello All,
	I have a beige Apple IIe, unenhanced.  It has a beige 5.25" floppy
drive.  I recently acquired a "Woz limited edition" Apple IIgs (whatever
that means).  It has a platinum 5.25" floppy drive.

1) Can I place both floppy drives on the same system, daisy chained
together?  I want to copy files from one disk to another and want to
avoid switching floppies like mad.

2) How much does a 3.5" floppy drive for the IIgs usually go for?  Can
the 3.5" be hooked up to the IIe.  I seem to remember that only Platinum
IIes, running prodos (which I know is required for 3.5" disks) can use
the 3.5" disk drive.

3) Can a Mac LC-II use the same mouse/keyboard as the IIgs?

4) What does 'Woz limited edition' mean?  

5) How do I determine the ROM version of my IIgs?

I would have tried both #1 and #3 already, except I'm afraid to fry my
components.

Heck, while I'm at it:

My IIe spontaneously "shuts off" after random up times, ranging from 5
seconds to 2 hours.  I have to turn it off, wait 5 seconds, then turn it
back on the recover.  Nothing seems warm.  After many such episodes, I
have linked this fault to when the computer chassis gets slightly
bumped, like when inserting/removing disks from the 5.25" drive, which
sits on top of the IIe chassis.  All the wires inside seem snug.  Ideas
on how to fix this?


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